Improvement in rain-water cut-offs



C. & W. SCALES.

Improvement in Rain-Water Cut-Offs.

No. i-3l ,121. I Patented Sep. 3, 1872'.

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CHARLES SCALES AND WILLIAM SCALES, OF NEW ALBANY, INDIANA.

lMPROVEMENT IN RAIN-WATER CUT-OFFS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 131,121, datedSeptember 3, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, OHARLEs ScALEs and WILLIAM ScALEs, of New Albany,in the county of Floyd and in the State of Indiana, have invented a newand useful Attachment for Gistern-Pipes; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing and the letters of referencemarked thereon making a part of this specification.

The object of our invention is an easy and convenient method ofcontrolling the water in pipes leading into cisterns, by which it can beeasily conducted off or run into the cistern at any time, as the casemay require. This is accomplished by means of a sliding joint workin ginto and across the descending pipe, in the manner that we will proceedto describe by referring to the annexed drawing to assist others skilledin the business in making and using the same.

Figure l is aperspective view of the whole. Fig. 2 is a view of thesliding joint B detached and drawn out from the main spout, and showingits structure and arrangement.

A is a stationary joint, into which the sliding joint B works at oneend, the other end being closed at a. It has two circular holes the sizeof its diameter cut in its upper and lower sides, and receives thevertical pipe 0 G, which is detached in two parts, and soldered onto theholes in the joint A instead of continuin g down through it. The slidingjoint B has one end closed at m, and has a circular opening, 70, thesize of its diameter, cut in its upper side. I is a narrow belt of tinextending around it, to make it fit more closely in the joint A. e e isa strap of brass with a long slot cut in it, and one end turned up for athumb hold; the other end is soldered onto the pipe at o. This strap 0slides over the stationary joint A, and is held in place by two smalljaws, ii, that are soldered to the pipe A, forming grooves, and by aprojecting rivet.

or pin, d, that is attached to the joint A, and plays in the slot 0.

When the sliding joint B is in, as represented in Fig. 1, the descendingwater is intercepted and falls into the cavity k, and is dischargedat'g; but when the joint B is drawn out the length of the slotted strap6 e the water passes the end of it and descends through the lower pipe 0into the cistern.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is I The sliding joint B, made withthe slotted strap e e and opening 70, working in combiuation with thejoints A O, substantially in the vmanner and for the purposes hereinspecified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing, We have hereunto set our handsthis 16th day of April, 1872.

CHARLES soALEs. WILLIAM scALEs.

Vitnesses G. W. MORRISON, JAMES G. HARRISON.

